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Wilhelm Ostwald, an Uncommon card
Wilhelm Friedrich Ostwald (German: [ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈɔstvalt], 2 September [O.S.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 95
- Power
- 171
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 25,000
Power 171 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Wilhelm Ostwald quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Wilhelm Ostwald card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
He received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in ____ for his scientific contributions to the fields of catalysis, chemical equilibria and reaction velocities.
Answer
1900s. He received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1909 for his scientific contributions to the fields of catalysis, chemical equilibria and reaction velocities. From the Wilhelm Ostwald article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
2025–2026 Indonesian protests. 2025–2026 Indonesian protests 100 · Cell culture 87 · Miss Universe Philippines 2024 81 · Wilhelm Ostwald 76 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Lanthanum. Lanthanum 91,000 · Peace dollar 69,000 · Miss Universe Philippines 2024 45,000 · Wilhelm Ostwald 25,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- 21 August] 1853 – 4 April 1932) was a Baltic German chemist and philosopher.
- Ostwald is credited with being one of the founders of the field of physical chemistry, with Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Walther Nernst and Svante Arrhenius.
- He received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1909 for his scientific contributions to the fields of catalysis, chemical equilibria and reaction velocities.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Wilhelm Ostwald article was read about 25,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 76 and blocks with 95: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get Wilhelm Ostwald
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Wilhelm Ostwald (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Nicola Perscheid, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
